Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes

Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes
Type	Transfiguration
Hand movement
Light	None
Effect	Transformed gnomes into lawn gnomes

"Good afternoon, class. Our lesson today is a rather whimsical one. We'll be using Transfiguration to turn ordinary garden gnomes into the more fanciful version imagined by Muggles. Watch your fingers, please. Gnomes have a fondness for biting. A little magic will make our gnomes worthy of a Muggle garden."

— Minerva McGonagall explaining the spell to her students

Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes (incantation unknown) was a transforming spell that was used to turn gnomes (the magical beasts which inhabited gardens) into lawn gnomes (the inanimate statues in the Muggle world used as garden ornaments).

History

During the 1989–1990 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Minerva McGonagall taught her sixth-years how to perform this particular transforming spell in Transfiguration class. Jacob's sibling later practiced this spell on a gnome they had befriended so they could successfully use it to transform a rogue gnome into a lawn gnome in order to safely transport it from Hogwarts to The Burrow.

Known practitioners

Minerva McGonagall

Jacob's sibling

Appearances

• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First appearance)