- Year
- 1830
- Event
- Edwin Beard Budding signed an agreement with John Ferrabee to develop and manufacture the lawn mower.
- Why it matters
- A machine adapted from cloth-finishing technology changed gardens, public parks, sports grounds and the maintenance of tidy outdoor space.
- Possible Historically angle
- Use the lawn mower as an everyday invention that changed what people expected grass to look like.
- Suggested category
- Technology