Lawn Mower Timeline
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Green Pasture From Past to Present
The Evolution of Lawn Mower
Green Pasture From Past to Present
Lawns were originally seen as beautiful when they were full of weeds, tall, uncut grass and
full of flowers. The first time that lawns started to become trimmed for a purpose was when
aristocrats needed the lawn cut short in order to play lawn sports. It was a luxury that only the
wealthy aristocrats could afford due to the need for labor and wet scythes to cut the lawn. The
development and mass-production of lawn mowers made possible the development of lawns,
providing an affordable alternative to a fleet of servants.
Edwin Budding developed the first lawnmower in 1830, and by the 1890s, lawn mowers were a
fixture of the American landscape. The history of the lawn mower in America has continued to
expand since Budding’s invention of the first lawn mower. In the mid-19th century cities grew
and became increasingly industrialized, city beautification campaigns became common, and
the “park” was born. This term had originally referred to the acres of lawn with carefully tended
trees around wealthy English homes.
Due to this growth in lawn mower technology, the lawn has developed a new meaning in
modern day America and has become a public area characterized by landscaped lawns, trees,
shrubbery, and water (fountains, streams, ponds, and lakes). Often, these pieces of lawn are
better known as parks, and they still serve the purpose of bringing together the community. Re-
defined and democratized, the park became ample in North America. Anyone who has driven
across the United States or southern Canada knows that even the smallest town has its park:
a block or two devoted to grass, trees, a sandbox and swing set, a few benches, a picnic table,
and a water fountain. If all of those items were removed save the first, grass, then it would still
be recognizable as a community lawn or park.
Over the years, the lawn has evolved from an open piece of land with no maintenance to a
heavily maintained and manufactured gem. The lawn is currently used as a way to bring
individuals together to appreciate each other’s company as well as to visually symbolize their
social status.
The Evolution of Lawn Mower
Green Pasture From Past to Present
Scythes can be
traced back in Egyp-
tian history to slaves
that were depicted
working with scythes
on temple walls.
There is historical
mention to the use
of scythe by aris-
tocrats to cut their
lawn to play sports.
The first lawn
mower is created
by Edwin Budding
from Gloucester-
shire, England.
1500s BCE 1700s CE 1830 CE
Horse Drawn Mower
is created to lessen
the workload by not
relying on the horse
to pull the mower.
Chain Driven
Mower is created by
Thomas Green.
Elwood McGuire
creates Push Mower
for public use.
1841 CE 1859 CE 1870 CE
James Sumner
of Lancashire
patented the first
steam-powered
lawnmower in
1893. These were
heavy machines,
that took several
hours to warm up to
operating pressure.
The Ransomes’
lawn mower was
based upon the
powered by an
internal combus-
tion engine making
the steam based
models obsolete.
Edwin George cre-
ates the Gas Mower
for public and non-
commercial use.
1890s CE 1900s CE 1919 CE
Lawn mower popu-
larity was starting
to grow fast due to
the cheap price and
vast number avail-
able; thus could
easily reach the
common man.
The more so
modern day lawn
mowers such as
ride ons + robotic
lawn mowers are
first created.
The Flymo Hover
Mower was created
by Karl Dahlman,
from Sweden. This
lawn mower was
the first futuristic
looking model.
1950s CE 1960s CE 1963 CE