This document provides an introduction to the Herbology class at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It outlines that Herbology involves the study of magical and non-magical plants and fungi, with some plants having important uses in potions or magical properties. The class will be taught in the Hogwarts greenhouses and Forbidden Forest, focusing on hands-on learning and assigned essays. Topics to be covered include various dangerous and useful plants, as well as biographies of famous Herbologists. Safety equipment will be required for practical activities involving compost, gloves, earmuffs, and more. Herbology is a mandatory class through 5th year.

1. Intro to
Herbology.
Prof. Amber Liu
Prof. Nam Jihyun
(21/3/2013)

2. What is Herbology?
 The study of magical and mundane plants
and fungi.
 Some magical plants form important
ingredients in potions, other have magical
effects in their own right.
 Students will learn to care for and utilize
plants, and learn about their magical
properties, and what they are used for.

3. Class location
 In the grounds of Hogwarts, in the
greenhouses.
 For my classes, sometimes we will do it at
Forbidden Forest to see the real dangerous
plants.

4. Class information
 Herbology is a mandatory class at Hogwarts
for the first five years of education, to attempt
an O.W.L in Herbology.
 Herbology classes will be teach by Miss Nam
Jihyun and Miss Amber Liu.
 The classes will be include with plenty of
hands-on activities, and also the students will
be assign essays as homework.

5. The topic that will be learn :
 Intro to Herbology (which is this topic, LOL)
 Intro of Magical and Mundane Plants and Fungi.
 Biography of Neville Longbottom – One of the famous
person in Herbology
 Plants that have dangerous defensive mechanism:
- Devil’s Snare
- Whomping Willow
- Venomous Tentacula
- Spiky Bush/Prickly Plant
- Snargaluff
 Plant that have dangerous defensive mechanism and
can be use for potions:
-mandrake

6. The topic that will be learn :
 Plants that can be use as potion ingredients/have
magical effects:
- Fire seed bushes
- Bubotuber
- Shrivelfig
- Aconite
- Gillywater
 Just the plants that can move around/ have magical
abilities/ not too dangerous:
- Bouncing Bulb
- Mimbulus Mimbletonia

7. The equipment needed :
For normal lectures:
 Your brain.
 Your wand.
 Stationery including your notebook.
If we have to do hand-on activities a.k.a planting and
experimenting the plants :
 All the above
 Dragon dung compost.
 Dragon-hide gloves
 Earmuffs.
 Mooncalf dung.

8. Homework! (so that I can know that you do read and
revise, you can find the answer from web)
 Give me 4 textbooks that actually required in
Herbology? (4marks)
 What the importance of dragon dung
compost, dragon-hide gloves, earmuffs and
mooncalf dung? (4marks)
 It is mandatory for students to taking
Herbology from their 1st year until? (2marks)