Upon his return from Europe in 1897, king Rama (1868-1910) used his personal money to purchase orchards and paddy fields between padung krubgkasem canal and samsen canal for the construction of a royal garden which he named "the dusit darden". The first permanent residence in dusit garden was vimanmek mansion,built in 1990 by the royal command of king rama v. The mansion was in fact his former summer palace, the munthaturaltanaroj residence of the chuthathujrachathan at koh srichang, chonburi, that was dismantled and rebuilt under the supervision of HRH Prince.
Narissaranuwaddhiwongse. The celebration for the completion of vimanmek mansion was held on march 27,1901.king rama v moved from the grand palance to reside in vimanmek mansion for 5 years until the completion of the amporn satarn mansion in 1906 where he lived until his untimely death in 1910.