When not in use for classes, several of the greenhouses that are vacated on the school grounds are open for private and independent research and study. Infact, this is highly encouraged.

The unlocked greenhouses contain a wide variety of plants - both magical and non-magical. Want to practice your pruning skills? Why not practice on the Abyssinian Shrivelfig? Or perhaps you want to give the Venomous Tentacula a bite to eat? Just don't get too close.

There are several shelves containing any equipment you might find yourself needing: trowels, cultivators, shears and the like. Also, incase you forgot your own, there is a cupboard which contains work robes and gloves in various sizes. As usual, you can find the fertilizer in a heap behind the greenhouses.

Remember, Professor Dodson is around somewhere so behave yourselves!

Finding a place of peace and quiet and male-free was extremely difficult, especially at this school. The male population was practically equal to the female population. Shouldn't the female population be larger? Apparently not. It didn't matter anymore though because Cedes found a place where she could think without being interrupted. She walked towards the greenhouses and inside the ones that were open to the public. She glanced around at the plants and nodded her head in approval. Not baaaddd. It was truly a pity that Professor Bunbury was no longer here. Eccentric. Pink. Yeah. She was a cool cat. But maybe the replacement won't be too bad either. What was his name? Professor Dodger? Dodgerson? Gorilla?

Mehhh... Cedes' poor memory bothered her sometimes, but plants were relaxing and happifuulllll. She smiled gleefully as she observed some of the Venomous Tentacula. She stood on her tippy toes, only giving her a good couple of inches, making her five foot six. Wouldn't it be horrible if she fell. Scary thought. But she knew what to do! ... wait. Did she? Cedes lowered herself and backed away a couple of inches, just in case.

Stella walked into a greenhouse she loved plants, but she hated the outdoors like fresh-air camping. She looked at the plants not daring to touch any of them, she didn't know what will happen if she'll touch even if it's only a leave. She heard a lesson called Herbology, and that the students take care of plants and stuff like that. It sounds rather interesting especially better then Astronomy or Charms. Those lessons just sound dull. She continued looking at the plants, twirling the tip of her long blond hair around her finger.

Amy walked into the greenhouse, woah, Amy murmered and I thought Asparaguses were exotic, she walked around the room and looked at each of the plants in turn, taking photos of them, witthout the flash-obviously, when she was finished she walked out of the greenhouse, still looking through the photos

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Finding a place of peace and quiet and male-free was extremely difficult, especially at this school. The male population was practically equal to the female population. Shouldn't the female population be larger? Apparently not. It didn't matter anymore though because Cedes found a place where she could think without being interrupted. She walked towards the greenhouses and inside the ones that were open to the public. She glanced around at the plants and nodded her head in approval. Not baaaddd. It was truly a pity that Professor Bunbury was no longer here. Eccentric. Pink. Yeah. She was a cool cat. But maybe the replacement won't be too bad either. What was his name? Professor Dodger? Dodgerson? Gorilla?

Mehhh... Cedes' poor memory bothered her sometimes, but plants were relaxing and happifuulllll. She smiled gleefully as she observed some of the Venomous Tentacula. She stood on her tippy toes, only giving her a good couple of inches, making her five foot six. Wouldn't it be horrible if she fell. Scary thought. But she knew what to do! ... wait. Did she? Cedes lowered herself and backed away a couple of inches, just in case.

Spending all his time outdoors was not a bad way to get used to Hogwarts. Thus far, Duncan had seen a giant treehouse, a pretty sweet garden, a forest (that he had yet to explore), a courtyard, a magical fountain full of moohlah, and now he was rounding out his tour by a trip to the....

Greenhouses? Why not. He was curious to see how wizard plants differed from Muggle ones. Maybe they were like, 12 feet tall and had spiny little teeth and funky fungi growing out of them... awesomeeeee.

Fletcher poked his head in the door of one of the greenhouses and nodded appreciatively. It looked pretty sweet --- and steamy. Cool. Could he like plant something or pull some weeds....? He started strolling around the exterior of the greenhouse and spied a girl taunting a spiky looking thing. Sniggering to himself, Fletcher snuck around unnoticed and came up behind the plant, then moved one of the vines to tap her on her shoulder without being seen.

Surprise! Ha ha the plant wanted to---- "Whoa whoa whoaaa," he exclaimed as the tentacle he had thought was immobile suddenly started wrapping around his wrist and arm. Looked like the plant wanted to be friends. "Whoa up there, buddy, I dun like plants that much!"

Nolan was never a herbology guy. He had known for years that his calling was Divination so, after his sixth year, he kind of just...stopped caring about plants. Not that he'd tell the new professor that, of course. Especially when he needed something from him, because his lame self had come unprepared for his own lesson. He wasn't usually forgetful but when he was, it was often disasterous.

Which was definitely the case at this moment...after he finished Hogwarts, apparently he had just completely wiped the mental map of the greenhouses from his mind, because he had NO idea where he was going. He was looking for the dude's office and...nothing. Instead he was just in another greenhouse. Great. Fantastic.

And it was filled with STUDENTS who were now probably wondering why their Divination professor was down here, wandering the greenhouses.

He was about to turn around and leave when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a boy standing there with one of those Tentacula things wrapped around him. Wait, no, that wasn't it--Snare! Devil's Snare! That was what that was!

"Aren't you supposed to stand still if it does that?" he said, raising a brow. He was pretty sure that the Snare plant was the one that liked movement. Or maybe that was the Tentacula one. Listen to him, he sounded just as clueless as a mugge when it came to plants!

"I dunno, I DUNNO," Fletcher responded to some dorky dudeeee in glasses just standing there and staring at him while a plant tried to choke the life outta him. "I've never even taken an Herbologoggy class, mate. I was just minding my own business, exploring the grounds when---"

He winced as the plant snaked up to his shoulder and started using one pink tendril to stroke his cheek lovingly. Gulp. WHY WASN'T ANYONE TRYING TO SAVE HIM?!

"It's tttouching meeeee and not in a good waaay....!!!"

Nolan was torn between wanting to laugh and wanting to go find the Herbology professor. He couldn't help it though--the sight of the plant stroking the young boy's cheek was just TOO funny. He held back his chuckles, though, since this was a SERIOUS matter, and looked around once more.

Hmm. No professor.

"I'm pretty positive that's what you do--just stand still and stop wincing, that will just--encourage it," he told the boy as his hand drifted toward the pocket in his robes where his wand was...just in case.

The guy was going to laugh. His goofy-looking face was clearly holding back a snigger and poor Fletcher was being petted by a venemous tentacula.

Lovely.

"That's. Not. Working," he grunted, trying to edge away from the plant and keep it from twirling his hair now. OhhhhMYgossssh. He shot a glare at the guy watching him and added, "You the Herbology professor or somethin?"

The more the boy tried to get away, the more the plant seemed to latch on. That wasn't really standing STILL was it? Ah well, there was no time to argue, because in a few moments that plant might end up grabbing him and try to give him a big bear hug and accidently suffocate the poor boy.

"No, I'm not--Divination, actually, but this might work," Nolan explained, pulling out his wand. He looked around to see if the Herbology professor WAS somewhere nearby, but he wasn't--he really really REALLY hoped he didn't accidently kill the professor's plant by doing this! What a horrible way to start their working relationship!

He waved his wand and slightly performed a rather strong lumos spell, hoping to make the plant retreat with some fake sunlight.

"Ah... I See," Fletcher mumbled, standing stock-still now as close to a statue as possible. So the divination professor was out in the greenhouse.... why? To predict Fletcher's death or something?

Being a venemous tentacula and not a devil's snare as the professor was thinking, the plant actually went toward the light and shook its tendrils about some more. It even reached one out toward Professor Reynolds, like it was looking for a handshake.

"Great, great," the boy pointed out the plant with a nudge of his head. "What are you doing?!"

OK sooooo the guy was standing still. And then there was the light. And no sign of the plant letting go any time soon. Maybe Nolan was wrong? No, that couldn't be it! Plants that grabbed you were Devils Snare, right?

He could NOT remember for the life of him if there were any other plants that were all...touchy like that. Now it wanted to grab HIM too. "Erm, no thanks," he said, holding up his hands in front of him and backing away from the plant as it reached for him.

Hmmm, what next? Part of him wanted to run and get the professor, and another part wanted to continue fighting this silly plant. Maybe freezing it would work? Not FREEZE freeze it but...he raised his wand once more and silently did the Immobulus spell.

"Heheheheh it wants you now too," Fletcher remarked, smirking slightly as the plant started to release him. He tried to wiggle away from it now that it was distracted by the professor... and then, just as it started to tighten its grip on him, it stopped.

"Did you do something to it?" the boy glanced from plant to professor and back. Well whatever he'd done, he was able to un-coil the spiky pink vines from his sleeve and step away. "Thanks, mate, that was great."

"I just froze it for a bit. It should be ok," Nolan said, eyeing the plant suspiciously. It BETTER be ok, because he did not want to annoy the professor he had never met by killing one of his plants--if he was as protective of his plants as Nolan was of his tarot cards, he would NOT be pleased if he killed it. Nope. Not at all.

"How about you, are you ok?" he asked, looking at the boy's arms where the vines had wrapped around him. He began to think of the poisonous plants they'd encountered, and he tried to remember if any of them looked like THAT.

Victoria, after getting done with her classes, decided to check out the greenhouses to see what kind of plants they had. When she entered, she was surprised to see that they looked different than an ordinary plants, which meant she had to be extra careful. So, she began walking around with her Herbology book in hand to see which plants were which.

Duncan scooted a good ways away from the plant again and eyed it warily, then glanced back to the professor dude.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks," he glanced down at his hands and didn't see any spines driven into his skin or anything. Just a little red irritation from the plant trying to maintain a tight grip on his arm. "I'm Fletcher, by the way, er, sir...." he extended his hand back to the apparent divination professor as a way of thanks.

So the flutterbies and puffapods where placed on temporary pots outside the greenhouse? Alrighty! Cedric zealously made his way to the greenhouses. He looked around and noticed some students merrily chatting with their friends and really, the greenhouse looked so lovely than ever. The compelling, fully-grown plants of some sorts gives a natural beauty to the greenhouse where they used to have classes.

He didn't walk inside to the greenhouse but tramped toward the sides of it... 'cause that's where the plants were. He immediately saw and easily recognized the plants he'd been meaning to see and so, he took two flutterbies on a pot and carried it thru his left hand and took two puffapods on a plot and was now carrying it via his right hand. He'd reiterate the process till he finally install all the plants where they should be properly placed. To the student garden-that is.

Stepping out of the castle, Lysandra took a deep breath of fresh air and started toward the greenhouses. To be honest, she was interested in plants. She got to the greenhouse doors and noticed some students were in there. She opened the door and went inside. It felt nice in there, not too hot, not too cold, and not too humid. She walked around and tried to identify some of the plants that she already knew. She saw a few puffapods, a couple of flutterbies and Devil's Snare in the corner. She also recognized a Tentacula plant. She also saw a teacher and a student near the Devils Snare. It looked like it kind of attacked the student, but he didnt seem hurt.

The young girl strolled over to the greenhouse but did not enter. She was waiting for professor Dodson to come and get her some plants for her tea. Glancing around at the plants sorrounding the area, she leaned against the greenhouse and waited for the man.

"Hope I didn't keep you too long," Professor Dodson smiled as he shuffled towards the greenhouses, small pair of secateurs already in hand. "Has your own supply of tea run out?" He asked conversationally as he held open the door for the young Hufflepuff to enter before him.

Arya looked up from the patch of flowers that held her eyes and smiled at the professor. "Not long at all, just admiring your flowers. Their really nice." Pushing off of the greenhouse she walked past him into the greenhouse. "Thank you," glancing at all the magical plants and made note to visit this part of the grounds more often. "Kinda, my kneazle got into my supply while I was in class. I sent an owl to my parents to send me more, but it will take a couple of days to get here."

She glaced at the secateurs in his hand. "Do you need help with anything?" The puff didn't have any tools with her, but she was sure there was some in the greenhouse.

Gabrielle went to the Greenhouse and went to find the right plant so it could have something husk do.She was standing and reading a book about Flowers and alterations found in the school bookcase.Beyond has found what she tried your wand fell to the ground.

"Your cat really likes tea, huh?" Sage chuckled with a bemused shake of his head. He knew the feeling. One time his rats had gnawed their way right through his vegetable patch, completely destroying it. Anyway, back to business.

"If you get your self a pair of clippers," he said, pointing to the store cupboard, "we can take a plant each. Have you picked tea leaves before? Or do you normally order them?" He asked, moving towards the tea plants.

"Or just using it to make a bed." She said with a grin. Though she was gonna make sure to keep this stash well hidden. Can't keep using the professor's plants now could she? Strolling over to the store cupboard, she opened it, grabed a pair of clippers and headed over to professor Dodson. "We learned to pick them last term," She responded. "And I have a few tea plants at home." Thanks to her awesome best friend.

Sage smiled and gestured towards one of the plants, "why don't you take that one over there then?" He said happily, beginning to clip off the healthy leaves and setting them carefully in a container he had handy. This was far better than playing Mister Professor in his office. "You're welcome to grow your own tea in here too, you know."