A binding machine for gardening includes a main handle, a clincher arm, a tape guide, a tape gripping device and a cutting blade. The clincher arm is rotatably attached to the main handle. The tape guide is configured to draw out and guide a tape at a front end portion of the main handle. The tape gripping device is configured to grip an end portion of the tape drawn out from the tape guide, at a front end portion of the clincher arm. The cutting blade is configured to cut the tape. The tape guide is movably provided such that a position of the tape guide when the tape gripping device operates to grip the end portion of the tape and a position of the tape guide when the cutting blade operates to cut the tape are different from each other.
