Herbology comprises four main areas of study: Botany (plants’ physiology and classification); Horticulture (the art of cultivation and plant maintenance); Herbalism (the medicinal use of plants); and Ecology (plants’ relations to one another and their environments).
Students will study all four aspects of Herbology at both a practical and theoretical level, taking advantage of the copious natural habitats and microhabitats around Hogwarts and its environs, as well as the rare and non-native specimens cultivated in Hogwarts’ greenhouses.
First Year
1. Botany: Common native wild plants (names and classification; identification and observation; plant anatomy and physiology)
2. Horticulture: Plant lifecycles (seeds and bulbs; germination and growth; survival and reproduction)
3. Ecology: Habitats and microhabitats (basic food chains; evolution and adaptation; wizard and muggle impacts on changing environments)
Including preparation of soil, growing plants from seed, and basic safety precautions.
Second Year
1. Botany: Common non-native plants (names and classification; identification and observation; plant anatomy and physiology)
2. Horticulture: Plant lifecycles (light, air and water; nutrition and growth; pollination and seed dispersal)
3. Ecology: Wild harvesting (good practice techniques and gathering ingredients sustainably; diversity of flora in local habitats; ecological connections)
Including soil testing, ways of providing nutrients, foraging, and tool management.
Third Year
1. Botany: Unusual wild and cultivated plants (names and classification; identification and observation; plant anatomy and physiology)
2. Horticulture: Plant lifecycles (sexual and asexual reproduction; growing from seeds, tubers, bulbs and cuttings)
3. Herbalism: Methodologies (common herbs and their functions; gathering and storing herbs; simple herbal remedies)
Including basic potions and spells for plant growth and maintenance, propagation, and brewing.
Fourth Year
1. Botany: Psychotropic plants (names and classification; identification and observation; plant anatomy and physiology)
2. Horticulture: Growth (leaves and photosynthesis; roots and nutrients; leaves and gas exchange)
3. Herbalism: Herbaria (plants for healing; seasonality and the lunar cycle; botanical illustration; pressing and drying plants)
Including selecting and planning growing areas, pruning, and preparation and presentation of Herbaria.
Fifth Year
1. Horticulture: Reproduction (flower structure; wind and insect pollination; fertilisation; fruit formation; seed dispersal)
2. Herbalism: Physic gardens (origins and history of the physic garden; designing and maintaining physic gardens; principles and practice of organic, biodynamic, and magical growing)
3. Ecology: Ecosystems (biodiversity; identification and measuring distribution, frequency and abundance; wizard and muggle interactions with ecosystems)
Including planning and maintaining growing areas, growing methodologies, and Physic Diaries.
Sixth Year
1. Botany: Dangerous wild and cultivated plants (names and classification; identification and observation; plant anatomy and physiology)
2. Horticulture: Health and disease (bacteria and viruses; preventing spread of infectious diseases)
3. Herbalism: Pharmacology (herbs and healing compounds; properties of herbs and their safe preparation; herbal recipes and formulations)
Including safety and precautions, identifying diseases, and further brewing techniques.
Seventh Year
1. Botany: Evolution, inheritance, and variation (genetic variation; natural selection; evolution; selective breeding)
2. Herbalism: Materia Medica (further plants for healing; preparation of tinctures, infusions, and syrups; floral healing)
3. Ecology: Conservation (history and development; impact of muggle and wizard activity; local and international preservations; successes and failures)
Including advanced brewing techniques, fertilisation aids, and practical conservation.
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