Herbology: First Year: Week 2: Monday

Professor Pomona Sprout
Monday
Gryffindor Time: 11:00
Ravenclaw Time: 10:00
Hufflepuff Time: 11:00
Slytherin Time: 1:00
I now would like everyone to bring their plant up to me to prove that it is still alive.

Because it is twenty-five days to Halloween, I thought that you would enjoy learning about one of the plants we use to decorate the Great Hall. There is a separate bed for these plants because they are so big. Please take one of these bags and follow me.

Most people recognize these plants. They are pumpkins. However, these are no ordinary pumpkins. These ones will grow to a tremendous size and glow from the inside. Your job will be to cut a design into them and mulch them so that they grow big. You will be drawing the design first. Please open your bag and take out everything. You will find a knife, a pad of paper, a quill and a bottle of ink. You can put back the knife, it isn't used until later.
Sketch several ideas for the Jack o' Lantern you will be making. It doesn't have to be a face. It can be anything. Sketch until you have an idea you like. You have ten minutes.

Quills down, please. Tear off the sheet of paper with your finished drawing and put everything else back in your bag. Once you have done that, please choose a pumpkin and stand beside it. I will come around and transfer your design to the pumpkin. Once it is transferred, take you knife and cut through all the lines, but don't take out the pieces. You have twenty minutes.

Twenty minutes are up, so I hope that your design is cut. Now you will take a wheelbarrow and fill it with this mulch. Set the mulch all around your pumpkin and it's plant. This mulch is a combination of dragon dung, leaves and enchanted bark. It will help your pumpkin to grow larger than normal.

Very good work, everyone. If you step back, you will see that your pumpkin has grown quite a bit. We will be visiting them at a later class, but for now, head back to the castle early so that you can wash up before your next class. You are dismissed.