Garden equipment10with at least one working blade18for executing a cutting process comprises control means12for user activation of the equipment10, a drive unit14for producing a working movement of the working blade18, a blade region16for linear and/or oscillating working movement of the driven working blade18, an electronic unit for acting on the drive unit by control and/or regulating signals and an operating voltage unit for providing an electrical energy supply of the electronic unit. The drive unit14comprises at least one excitation actuator24, which comprises excitation-active material and which in operation is supplied with electricity by the operating voltage unit22and is controlled or regulated by the electronic unit20. The excitation-active material may be piezoelectric or magnetostrictive. The garden equipment may be a lawnmower, hedge or pruning shears, a spade or an aerator.
