The first floral clock was the idea of John McHattie, Superintendent of Parks in Edinburgh, Scotland.
[1] In Edinburgh, the clock mechanism is set inside the plinth of the statue to Allan Ramsay adjacent.
The first mechanism using salvaged parts from Elie Parish Church in Fife was installed by James Ritchie & Son.
[citation needed] The only flower clock with two faces moved by the same system is located in Zacatlán, Puebla, Mexico.
Other floral clocks can be seen in the International Peace Garden on the border between North Dakota and Manitoba, Rockford, Illinois and in Frankfort, Kentucky.[importance?]