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We are delighted to announce the publication of Mark’s new book – The Big Hairy Green Book – giving a warts-and-all account of the artificial grass industry.

Few gardening books raise eyebrows. This one will.

Part biography, part instruction manual, learn the secrets, pitfalls, and tricks of the trade, from Ireland’s pioneer of artificial grass for over 20 years.

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a word from the author

Few gardening books raise eyebrows. This one will.
‘ Hang on a sec,’ you might be thinking, ‘did I not read about the imminent publication of The Big Hairy Green Book in the last issue of Compass?’. You would be right.

They say — well, Christopher Hitchens said — ‘ Everyone has a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay’. Personally I found the writing bit easy enough but the interminable editing and re-editing has been a real drag. I deleted 32,000 words, mostly stories best left untold, (I might stick a few into my blog), to get it to under 100,000.

Following the recent record breaking heatwave and increasingly obvious global warming it’s a controversial topic. Despite the hostility I’m at pains to forensically examine the eco credentials of both ‘real lawns’ and artificial grass.

Among my conclusions — spoiler alert — I call for both legislators and the public to push for newer recyclable and recycled versions of the product. We will have some exciting news on that front shortly and hopefully they will become the norm. Only yesterday the Daily Mail ( so it must be true!) in the U.K reported that 1 in 10 households in the UK already have artificial grass.

So happily it’s a zeitgeisty topic.
You can now buy a copy.

The grass is always greener on the other side.
Find out why. Book now available to order online.

a.k.a TheFakeGrassMan
Owner – Sanctuary Synthetics

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