A planned light show at Huntington Central Park has been scrapped for this year, after months of public outcry and litigation over the event’s impact on wildlife and open space.

Symphony of Flowers is a multimedia project that would occupy 6 acres of the park for six months of the year, installing more than 100,000 luminous flowers and 500,000 LED lights, along with dozens of speakers to play classical music. This year’s show was set to run from Labor Day weekend to early March.

The grassroots Protect Huntington Beach sued the city in late March, alleging officials violated the California Environmental Quality Act when they approved Symphony of Flowers.

The operator, Flowers of the Sky Entertainment, LLC, said the project would bring Huntington Beach at least $150,000 a year in revenu

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