Two igloo-shaped structures have popped up around Haines in recent months, but the domes aren’t for people. They’re for plants.

Haines residents Kate Saunders and Leslie Evenden recently built what are likely the only geodesic dome greenhouses in Haines. Saunders’ sits in her front yard near 6 Mile Mud Bay Road, and Evenden’s is on Moose Lane.

The skeleton of the dome is built from timbers forming interlocking geometric shapes – think the giant ball…