======Herbology Greenhouses======
=====Location Information=====
  * **Type:** [[Herbology]] Classrooms
  * **Location:** On the grounds of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], sloping down towards the [[Forbidden Forest]].
  * **Owner/Residents:** [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]; primarily managed by the [[Herbology]] professor, [[Pomona Sprout]].
  * **Key Features:** A series of glass structures of varying numbers, each containing different magical and mundane flora. The internal environments are magically controlled to suit the needs of the plants within.
=====Description and History=====
The [[Herbology Greenhouses]] are a collection of glasshouses located on the grounds of [[Hogwarts]], situated behind the main [[castle]]. Students pass them on their way down to the school's vegetable patch. The air inside the greenhouses is typically warm, humid, and filled with the scent of damp earth and fertilizer, often mixed with the unique fragrances of the magical plants they contain.
There are multiple greenhouses, numbered at least one through three, with higher-numbered greenhouses generally containing more interesting and dangerous plants reserved for older students. A window pane in one of the greenhouses was known to be broken and stuffed with a moldy old [[cauldron]].
Students from all years attend [[Herbology]] classes in the greenhouses, learning to care for, harvest, and utilize a wide variety of magical plants. These lessons range from handling basic magical flora in first year to repotting noisy and dangerous [[Mandrake]]s in second year, and studying aggressive plants like [[Snargaluff]] pods in fifth year. The greenhouses are also a source of potion ingredients and defensive plants, with Professor [[Horace Slughorn]] known to have acquired [[Venomous Tentacula]] leaves from them.
=====Role in the Story=====
The greenhouses serve as a key educational setting and a backdrop for several important plot developments throughout the series.
In //Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets//, the greenhouses are central to the story's resolution. [[Harry Potter]], [[Ron Weasley]], and [[Hermione Granger]] learn to repot [[Mandrake]]s in Greenhouse Three. The mature [[Mandrake]]s are later used to create the [[Mandrake Restorative Draught]], which cures the victims petrified by the [[Basilisk]].
The location also functions as a place for private conversations. In //Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire//, [[Cedric Diggory]] gives [[Harry]] a clue about the second task of the [[Triwizard Tournament]] near the greenhouses. Later, [[Harry]], [[Ron]], and [[Hermione]] use the greenhouses as a place to discuss the tournament away from prying ears.
During the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in //Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows//, the greenhouses become a vital strategic asset. Under the direction of Professor [[Pomona Sprout]] and [[Neville Longbottom]], students launch a variety of dangerous magical plants, including [[Mandrake]]s and [[Devil's Snare]], from the castle battlements to attack the invading army of [[Death Eater]]s. This highlights the practical and combative applications of [[Herbology]].
=====Known Areas Within=====
  * **Greenhouse One:** Used for first-year [[Herbology]] classes. The plants housed here are generally less dangerous than those in other greenhouses.
  * **Greenhouse Three:** Used for second-year students and above. It houses more advanced and perilous plants, including [[Mandrake]]s, [[Puffapod]]s, and was the site of a lesson on the [[Whomping Willow]] via a demonstration with a bandaged branch. [[Neville Longbottom]]'s [[Mimbulus mimbletonia]] also sprayed [[Stinksap]] over several students near this greenhouse.
=====Behind the Scenes=====
  * In the film adaptations of the *Harry Potter* series, the greenhouses are depicted as a much larger and more elaborate complex of ornate, Victorian-style glass and iron structures, situated on a terraced, rocky part of the castle grounds rather than sloping down towards the forest. (film)
  * The video game *Hogwarts Legacy* features an expansive and detailed greenhouse complex with multiple wings, including a dedicated wing for the Head of the [[Herbology]] Department, reflecting the design aesthetic established in the films. (video game)