Chelsea Flower Show: Historic Beginning of the Iconic Garden Event
The Royal Horticultural Society's Great Spring Show
May 20, 1913
On this day, the first Chelsea Flower Show was held at Chelsea General Hospital. Originally called the Royal Horticultural Society's Great Spring Show, the first Chelsea Flower Show was held in 1862 at the RHS garden in Kensington. Staged in a single tent, the first show made a profit of £88.
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A garden from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, a prestigious flower and landscape garden show held annually by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.