Plans are afoot to create a world first at the UK's pioneering Kew Gardens, with a renovation project for the Palm and Waterlily House. You may also like Meet Cecily Whithall the climbing arborist 17 Victorian greenhouses and porches for your garden Fantasising about a greenhouse? Here's everything you need to know Planning has been submitted to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames for renovation to the glasshouse, in order to create the first net-zero heritage glasshouse of its kind in the world. Palm House decay at Kew © Jeff Eden / RBG Kew The proposed renovation looks at adjusting and caring for the Palm House and Waterlily House, which show serious signs of deterioration. The last time a renovation was done was the 1980s, and without urgent work, the listed buildings and tropical plants are at risk of being lost. First constructed between 1844 and 1848, the Palm House represented cutting edge technology for its time, with techniques borrowed from the shipbuilding industry.…