Jump to full article: This is Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph) (uk), 2008-06-12
Intro: PUBLICANS are swapping pint glasses for watering cans to make their gardens the best place for smokers to be during the summer.
Pubs across Derby are flocking to take part in this year's Derby In Bloom competition and all are keen to be crowned champions of the best pub, cafe or restaurant category.
But landlords who have been preening hedges and watering their hanging baskets are being warned that there are just over two weeks left in which to enter the contest.
Dawn Dagley, who has organised the annual event for the ninth year, thinks the smoking ban, which came into force on July 1 last year, has led to landlords doing even more to keep the outsides of their pubs looking great.
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