2. Lesson 1:Intro to Herbology and
Basic Equipment
Objectives
For Student to gain an understanding and
appreciation for the role of Herbology in the
Wizarding World.
To give students an understanding of the basic
equipment which is used in Herbology.
To provide students with an appreciation for the
uniqueness of plants and as understanding that
different plants require a diverse range of care.
3. Lesson 1: Intro to Herbology and
Basic Equipment
Herbology: the study and use of both magical
and non magical plants for medicinal,
protective, or education purposes.
Herbologist: Any witch or wizard that
understands the properties and nature of a
plant.
4. Lesson 1: Intro to Herbology and
Basic Equipment
Protective
Equipment
Dragon Hide Gloves
Earmuffs
Wand
Closed Toed Shoes
Apron
Caring Equipment
Dragon Dung: Fertilizer,
Good at breaking down
materials, Odorless.
Mooncalf Dung: Gentler
fertilizer for sensitive plants.
Needs more nutrients in
soil.
Centaur Tears: Vitamin rich
water, Can revive plants,
Toxic to saltwater plants,
Never collect without
permission.
5. Lesson 2: Care and Use in
Potions
Objectives
To show students the complex nature of caring
for plants.
For students to be able to engage in a
discussion with fellow witches and wizards
about the necessities of plant life.
To give students an appreciation for the use of
Herbology in Potions.
6. Lesson 2: Care and Use in
Potions
Plants are Individuals. Understand the
individual characteristics of plant will help
understand it as a whole.
Things to Consider
Type of Soil
Depth of Seed
Water Needs
Sunlight Needs
Space Needs
7. Lesson 2: Care and Use in
Potions
Repotting
Improves happiness &
confidence of plant.
Water and eating habit
most likely change.
Flesh eating plants
double intake.
Gaviat Roots eat 1/3 of
original servings.
Lifespan
Normal Lifespans go
from 3 years to 5000
years.
Trees live longest,
seconded by
Cacti/Guapo herbs.
Can be cut short for
medicinal or experimental
purposes.
8. Lesson 2: Care and Use in
Potions
Dreamless Sleep
Potion
Moonstone: Hatched
dragon egg that
causes drowsiness.
Starpuffs: Sparkling
and shimmering
plant that has
hypnotic quality.
Forgetfulness Potion
Mistletoe Berries:
Causes hallucination
and allows memory
loss.
Valerian Sprigs: Has
a sedative quality
allowing mind to be
put to sleep.
9. Lesson 2: Care and Use in
Potions
Major Plant Ingredients
Aconite/Wolfsbane/Monkshood
Leaping Toadstool
Knotgrass
Peppermint
Root of Aconite
Poppy Heads
Shrivelfigs
Rose Thorns
Rose Oil
10. Lesson 2: Care and Use in
Potions
Extra Plants
Asphodel: Powdered root in
Draught of Living Dead and
Wiggenweld Potion.
Fluxweed: Has healing
properties and used in
Polyjuice Potion.
Lovage: Used in cooking,
helps digestion, used in
Confusing and Befuddlement
Draughts
Motherwort: Used in healing
mad dog bites.
Extra Plants
Nettle: Used in Boil Cure
potion and is a Herbicide.
Nux Myristica: Used in
Potions.
Peppermint: Used in Elixir
to Induce Euphoria.
Silverweed: Used in
potions.
Snakeweed: Used in
potions
11. Lesson 3:Basic Herbs and Fungi
Objectives
For students to grasp the uses of some basic
plants, common to the practice of Herbology.
By the end of this lesson students should feel
comfortable discussing these plants in a
recreational setting.
12. Lesson 3: Basic Herbs & Fungi
Gillyweed
Rare herb native to Mediterranean Sea.
Slimy, green/gray, grows in bushels.
Growth: 5cm-7cm
Soil pH: 7.9-8.4
Water Needs: Lots of water.
Sunlight Needs: Needs only a little, but
can take in as much as available.
Properties: Eating leads to temporary
growth of gills and webs between fingers
and toes. Effects last 1 hour in fresh
water and 3 hours in salt water.
13. Lesson 3: Basic Herbs & Fungi
Valerian Root
Native to Europe and parts of Asia.
Forms bunches of white flowers.
Growth: Heights of 5 ft.
Soil pH: 4.5-5.0.
Sunlight Needs: 7 hours of sunlight a
day.
Properties: Posses sedative powers.
The root is anxiolytic. Used in
Sleeping Potions.
Harvest in Fall or Spring.
14. Lesson 3: Basic Herbs & Fungi
Knotgrass
Native to European forests.
Flowers in summer, stem must be cut
below the flowering.
Growth: 5cm-4m.
Soil pH: 6.1-7.3.
Water Needs: Lots of water.
Sunlight Needs: More sunlight, faster
the plant grows.
Properties: Used in Polyjuice Potion,
Stops growth of animals, Treats
fertility issues.
15. Lesson 3: Basic Herbs & Fungi
Dittany
Only found in Crete, Greece
naturally.
Growth: 20cm-30cm.
Soil pH: 6.6-7.3.
Water Needs: Sprinkle of water.
Sunlight Needs: Needs lots of
warmth and sun.
Properties: Romantic qualities,
Used in healing, Powerful healer in
small quantities.
16. Lesson 4: Dangerous Plants
Objectives
For students to gain an understanding of the
purposes for Mandrakes, Devil’s Snare, and
Bubotuber.
For students to learn about historic ways of handling
Herbology.
To show students how to properly handle dangerous
situations involving these three plants.
For students to feel comfortable holding intellectual
conversations surrounding the plants covered in
today’s lesson.
17. Lesson 4: Dangerous Plants
Mandrake
Native to Europe.
Shaped like a humanoid parsnip
with roots.
Growth: Above soil 5cm-40cm.
Soil: Grows best in soil where men
have been hung.
Properties: Causes hallucinations,
comas, can used to revive petrified
people, and puts people in
dreamlike states.
Repotting: Need medium-heavy
soil. ¾ of the plants weight is
concentration of water.
First Aid: Seek healers immediately,
Tandisu shot for comas.
18. Lesson 4: Dangerous Plants
Mandrake continued
As soon as the Mandrake is uprooted it will give a high
pitched scream that can cause death.
It screams as a way to ensure the survival of the species.
As soon as one living being has died, the mandrake will stop
screaming and subdue.
Medieval Era: Herbologists would dig around the Mandrake
and tie a rope around the roots and have a dog pull it out of
the ground. Once the scream killed the dog the Herbologist
could collect it.
Modern Day: While wearing earmuffs and after uprooting the
Mandrake immediately submerge it in Aquatandisu Potion.
You can harvest after submersion, but cannot replant.
19. Lesson 4: Dangerous Plants
Devil’s Snare
Native of Scotland
Vivid green tentacles.
Growth: Will continue to grow
in any dark area, surround the
perimeter with light so it
doesn’t exceed.
Sunlight: Hates sun and fire,
must have darkness.
Properties: Used as a
protection/guard. It attacks
when back is turned or
sleeping and the more you
struggle, the tighter it grips.
First Aid: Treat for suffocation.
20. Lesson 4: Dangerous Plants
Bubotuber
Native to Scotland.
Looks like a giant black slug and
releases yellow pus.
Soil: Plant in dark, nutrient rich
soil. Dragon Dung.
Water Needs: Cold Water.
Sunlight Needs: Little Sunlight.
Properties: Diluted treats acne,
mix with liquid Dittany. Undiluted
causes burns and rashes.
First Aid: Run under water for 5
minutes then use Dittany.
21. Lesson 5: Rat Root
Objectives
For students to gain a strong understanding of
the herb Rat Root.
To increase student awareness of the powers
and properties of other herbs.
For the students to feel comfortable holding
intellectual conversations surrounding the
plants covered in today’s lesson.
22. Lesson 5: Rat Root
Rat Root(Acorus Calamus) is also known as Sea
Sledge, Flag Root, Myrtle Grass, Sweet Myrtle,
Sweet Rush, Gladoon, and Beewort.
It is a reed like perennial that flowers in the spring.
Has strong sceneted leaves with a bitter taste.
Soil: Grows best in shallow water and marshes.
Needs moist soil.
Water Needs: Water every 2-3 days.
Sunlight Needs: Needs a lot sunlight.
24. Lesson 6: Advanced Herbology
To give students an understanding of four
plants classified under advanced care.
For students to learn to handle each of the
unique problems each plant presents.
For students to be able to identify the plants
either by visual or olfactory means.
25. Lesson 6: Advanced Herbology
Bouncing Bulb
Also known as Resilio Bulbs.
Purple bulbs with green leaves
sprouting from the top.
Growth: Can grow to size of
doorway.
Soil pH: Needs bathtubs worth of
neutral dirt.
Water Needs: Centaur Tears.
Sunlight Needs: Bright Areas.
Properties: When threatened they
bounce around jump toward
attackers. Use fire and movement
to subdue.
26. Lesson 6: Advanced Herbology
Gurdy Root
Resemble green onions, but
have a foul scent.
Growth: 15cm in diameter.
Soil pH: Nutrient rich soil.
Water Needs: Adequate
water.
Sunlight Needs: Lots of
sunlight.
Properties: Used to ward off
evil. Also used in potions of
same nature.
27. Lesson 6: Advanced Herbology
Aconite
Also known as Aconitum,
Monshood, and Wolfsbane.
Purple flowers with deadly toxic
leaves.
Soil pH: Needs dark nutritious
soil.
Sunlight Needs: Needs shady
areas.
Properties: A poisonous sedative.
Very powerful in small doses.
Death occurs almost instantly
after exposure.
Symptoms: Diarrhea, Nausea,
Numbness of face, Sweating, and
Dizziness.
28. Lesson 6: Advanced Herbology
Wormwood
Native to Europe.
Wood like roots with leaves 2-
8 inches.
Growth: 1-2 meters.
Water Needs: Salt Water.
Properties: Helps with
digestive problems. Induces
sweating, Stimulates
imagination, Increases
hunger, Reduces Pain, and is
used in potions to treat fever,
gall bladder, and liver
disease.
29. Lesson 7: Non Magical Plants
To show students the versatility and
usefulness of non-magical plants, thereby
increasing respect for them.
For students to be able to recognize a rose or
lily by description.
For students to be able to recognize situations
in which one might utilize a non magical plant.
30. Lesson 7: Non Magical Plants
Lily Plants
Also known as Lilium.
Come in different shapes: bowl,
funnel, recurved, star, and
trumpet. Also come in several
colors.
Growth: 1-10 feet.
Soil pH: Nutrient rich soil.
Water Needs: Regular amount of
water.
Sunlight Needs: Needs 5-6 hours
of full sun.
Properties: Help regulate heart
conditions. Used in burn
treatment. Helps stroke victims.
High in fiber when dried.
31. Lesson 7: Non Magical Plants
English Rose
Flowers in different colors: red,
pink, white, orange, blue, and
green. Grows in shrubs.
Growth: 1-20 feet high, 2-4 feet
wide.
Soil pH: 5.5-7.0. Use dragon
dung.
Water Needs: Needs a lot, but let
water completely sink in.
Sunlight Needs: Needs partial to
full sun.
Rose oil is very expensive. Is
mostly watered down for public
use
33. Lesson 8: Challenges in Herbology
To give students a basic understanding of the
issues Herbologists incur.
For students to comprehend the significance
of the Gardening Effect in the work of
Herbologists.
For students to develop feelings, opinions,
and thoughts about the meaning of Herbology
in their own lives.
34. Lesson 8: Challenges in Herbology
The Gardening Effect
Herbologists were valued in both Muggle and Wizard
societies in Medieval times.
The natural world could be studied with science,
muggles lost interest and wizards viewed it as
mundane and below magic.
With this mindset, Herbology gets less funding than
other departments.
Herbologists make less money, are scape goats,
have public ridicule, and have social barriers set
against them. After getting the same education.
35. Lesson 8: Challenges in Herbology
Alien Species
A non indigenous, introduced, exotic, invasive
species.
The plant will enter a new environment and adapt,
possibly exceeding what the environment can
handle.
They require more resources and can drain the
environment, possibly leading to extinction of other
species.
They can compromise research and can threaten
rare plants and herbs.
