Phoenix poinsettia festival ends after 27 years

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By FOX 10 News - Staff Report

PHOENIX -

The 27th Annual Poinsettia Festival wrapped up at Gardener's World in South Phoenix.

It was a bittersweet day for fans of the festival and the family who owns the nursery because the annual tradition came to an end.

The family plans to keep the nursery open to sell the remaining holiday plants.

They say rising costs to keep the festival going grew too high and sales of poinsettias have dropped.

FOX 10's photographer Mike Robison reports.

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