Changes: Hogwarts gamekeeper's pumpkin patch

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This pumpkin patch was owned and cared for by Rubeus Hagrid, gamekeeper at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was located behind Hagrid's cabin on the Hogwarts Grounds.

History

During the School Year

The pumpkin patch was where Hagrid grows enormous pumpkins for the school's Halloween feast every year on 31 October. These pumpkins are usually carved into Jack-o-Lanterns and enchanted to hang from the ceiling in the Great Hall or in the corridors.

1993

Pumpinks Hagrid POA 1 — The pumpkin patch in 1992-1993 year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Hagrid used his pumpkin path to tether the hippogriff Buckbeak in 1993 while awaiting its sentence of death^[1]. With help from the Time-Turner, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger were able to successfully lure Buckbeak out of the pumpkin patch with dead ferrets and have him escape before his execution. Upon finding the hippogriff gone, the executioner (Walden Macnair) hurled his axe on a pumpkin in frustration.

1996

In 1996, the pumpkin patch was were Aragog's funeral took place^[2]. With the aid of Harry and Horace Slughorn, Hagrid dug a grave for the acromantula and laid the enormous spider to rest with Slughorn saying a few words celebrating his memory.

Appearances

Notes and references

Hogwarts Castle

Hogwarts grounds

Beasts Classroom · Boathouse Steps · Bowtruckle Island · Broomshed · Care of Magical Creatures Classroom · Clock Tower Courtyard · Entrance footpath · Entrance gatehouse · Entrance Gates · Exterior Walkway · Forbidden Forest · Forest Vault · Gargoyle Gate · Gatehouse · Great Lake · Greenhouses · Greenhouse battlements · Grounds Portrait Room · Hagrid's Garden (Pumpkin patch) · Hagrid's Hut · Incendio Challenge · Landing Strip · Lawn by the Forbidden Forest · Path to Owlery · Path to the Whomping Willow · Pixie water well · Quidditch Changing Rooms · Quidditch Gate · Quidditch pitch · Quidditch pitch viaduct · Quidditch Training Pitch · Ravenclaw Duelling Arena · Ravine · Road to Hogsmeade · Road to Hogwarts · Secret Garden · Secret room near the Training Grounds · Stables · Stone Circle · Sunken Vault · Training Grounds · Waiting Tent · Walled Garden · Waterfalls · White Tomb · Wooden Bridge

[1] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[2] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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 [[File:Pumpinks_Hagrid_POA_1.jpg|thumb|232px|The pumpkin patch in 1992-1993 year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]
-Hagrid used his pumpkin path to tether the [[hippogriff]] [[Buckbeak]] in [[1993]] while awaiting its sentence of death<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''</ref>. With help from the [[Time-Turner]], [[Harry Potter]] and [[Hermione Granger]] were able to successfully lure Buckbeak out of the pumpkin patch with dead ferrets and have him escape before his execution. In the movie Harry ''Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', upon finding the hippogriff gone, the executioner ([[Walden Macnair]]) hurled his axe on a pumpkin in frustration.
+Hagrid used his pumpkin path to tether the [[hippogriff]] [[Buckbeak]] in [[1993]] while awaiting its sentence of death<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''</ref>. With help from the [[Time-Turner]], [[Harry Potter]] and [[Hermione Granger]] were able to successfully lure Buckbeak out of the pumpkin patch with dead ferrets and have him escape before his execution. Upon finding the hippogriff gone, the executioner ([[Walden Macnair]]) hurled his axe on a pumpkin in frustration.
 ===1996===