The machine to be mowed and / or pick up for the maintenance of the green spaces, and of the narrow roadways or areas adjacent to the green spaces, comprising a working unit (70), within which an active member (71) composed of a rotor driven (72) having a horizontal axis parallel to the plane formed by the ground and transverse to the direction of advance of the machine, and provided with blades or flails (73), so it is the activation of the active member (71) according to the surface to be treated, allows the mowing and / or the collection of waste, characterized in that: - the working unit (70) is made movable through a floating device for monitoring of the terrain (40) which is retractable and adjustable, -, and is shaped to project directly, without any intermediate member, the cut products and / or collected.