When the Horticultural Society of London was founded in 1804, it had no garden of its own. Yet within two decades, it would open a pioneering site at Chiswick that would shape British horticulture for generations
This collection of hand-coloured glass lantern sides reveals a lost world of some of England’s finest houses and gardens, captured before the Second World War
The Society’s horticultural exhibitions have come a long way since a Mr Charles Minier brought along a potato to a meeting in 1805. Explore our history of the Chelsea Flower Show.
Explore some of our historic photographs of RHS Chelsea from the RHS Lindley Collections, see what has changed and what still looks familiar after so many years of the show.