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
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 its memory.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter