Before British inventor Edwin Beard Budding conceived of the mower, the cropped lawn was the province of the landed gentry, who would employ teams of men to trim grass with scythes. But his original goal was to solve a mechanical problem for a clothing mill regarding the production of guardsmen's uniforms.

Inventing the lawn mower

Before British inventor Edwin Beard Budding conceived of the mower, the cropped lawn was the province of the landed gentry, who would employ teams of men to trim grass with scythes. But lawn care was far from Budding’s mind when he invented the push mower. His original brief was to solve a mechanical problem for a clothing mill regarding the production of guardsmen’s uniforms.


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