A control box for a garden tool, comprising: a self-propulsion trigger unit including a self-propulsion control switch, a lever matching with the self-propulsion control switch and a control handle; a casing comprising a main body, a top cover located above the main body and a bottom cover located below the main body, wherein a plane of a sidewall of the casing is substantially perpendicular with the top cover and a first receiving cavity is jointly formed by the main body and the top cover and a second receiving cavity is jointly formed by the main body and the bottom cover, which second receiving cavity partially receives the self-propulsion trigger unit; an activation unit including a first main motor control switch, an activation button, a slider and a first resilient member for resetting the slider, the slider abutting and triggering the first main motor control switch under the action of the activation button; and an operation trigger unit including a second main motor control switch, an operating handle, comprising a first handle and a second handle, and a second resilient member for resetting the operating handle, the operating handle abutting and triggering the second main motor control switch when pulled; wherein the lever abuts and triggers the self-propulsion control switch when the control handle is pulled to abut against the lever and the control handle is arranged to swing about a rotating axis which is parallel to a plane of the top cover of the casing, and when an angle between the rotating axis of the control handle and rotating shafts of the first handle and the second handle is in the range of 90° ± 30°, and wherein the first and second main motor control switches (21, 31), the slider, the first resilient member and the second resilient member are received in the first receiving cavity of the casing, and the activation button and the operating handle are at least partially received in the first receiving cavity. a self-propulsion trigger unit including a self-propulsion control switch, a lever matching with the self-propulsion control switch and a control handle; a casing comprising a main body, a top cover located above the main body and a bottom cover located below the main body, wherein a plane of a sidewall of the casing is substantially perpendicular with the top cover and a first receiving cavity is jointly formed by the main body and the top cover and a second receiving cavity is jointly formed by the main body and the bottom cover, which second receiving cavity partially receives the self-propulsion trigger unit; an activation unit including a first main motor control switch, an activation button, a slider and a first resilient member for resetting the slider, the slider abutting and triggering the first main motor control switch under the action of the activation button; and an operation trigger unit including a second main motor control switch, an operating handle, comprising a first handle and a second handle, and a second resilient member for resetting the operating handle, the operating handle abutting and triggering the second main motor control switch when pulled; wherein the lever abuts and triggers the self-propulsion control switch when the control handle is pulled to abut against the lever and the control handle is arranged to swing about a rotating axis which is parallel to a plane of the top cover of the casing, and when an angle between the rotating axis of the control handle and rotating shafts of the first handle and the second handle is in the range of 90° ± 30°, and wherein the first and second main motor control switches (21, 31), the slider, the first resilient member and the second resilient member are received in the first receiving cavity of the casing, and the activation button and the operating handle are at least partially received in the first receiving cavity.