The grounds are vast, and there are many places to hang around. During appropriate weather, students are often seen standing under trees, sitting by the fountain, or simply taking a stroll across the back hill, which serves a view of the lake and the woods beyond. Statues, bushes, and flowers make up the decor, so there is always something pleasant to look at while outside.

On the edge of the gardens you will find the greenhouses, where many different kinds of exotic plants, trees, and fungi are settled comfortably within. The four greenhouses and the Herbology classroom are adjacent to each other, the classroom being situated on the far right side. The outside of the classroom is built to look like a small cottage, but the interior is just like any other classroom: brown and white, with wainscoted walls, wooden desks, and wood flooring. There is a large doorway on one side of the room that leads to the inside of the greenhouses, but it is usually covered with a tapestry to prevent wandering eyes while the students are doing their written work.

At first, the garden was nothing but a short stretch of flowers planted in front of the greenhouses. Nowadays it has almost tripled in size. Most of the garden is comprised of flowers, but there are a few small sections dedicated to bushes and grasses. During late spring, summer, and early fall, the flowers are in bloom; during winter, the garden is degraded to nothing but a mass of dead and decomposing plants. It was originally planted in the honor of Baran Cauldwell's death, and ever since additions have been planted to honor the deaths of staff members and pre-graduate students.

Located a good distance behind the school building, the lake is popular with Cauldwell students. It's a rather large lake, in both length and depth. The water is almost always still, its reflection usually filled with an image of the academy. Teenagers are often seen hanging around the shore, eating their lunches, socializing, playing games, and whatever else when the weather is permitting. Unlike the pond, swimming is allowed here, as long as the swimsuits are reasonable and discreet.

Although the lake beats the pond in both popularity and size, it is still a sight worth seeing. During the summer months the pond is covered in lilypads, and in the winter it's used for ice skating. Students are forbidden to swim in it, for various reasons. For starters, it is a home to creatures such as snakes and leeches, and in many places the bottom is littered with sharp rocks. Creatures are placed here for class study without warning -- another reason why one should not swim here. A red brick bridge was built over the water many years ago, and it leads straight to the clearing.