Photo Gallery: Descanso Gardens close to opening up revitalized Lakeside Lookout

Plants put into position at the renewed Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Maintenance lead Pat Bernhardt climbs to the roof of the former Bird Observation Station for electrical work at the renewed Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Descanso Gardens landscape designer Melanie Buffa looks over a landscape layout as Eric Arellano and Robert Bueno with Pacific Outdoor Living wheel and carry plants into place at the renewed Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Director of Horticulture and Garden Operations Rachel Young, in front of a very old California live oak talking about the renewed Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Brand new Executive Director of Descanso Gardens Juliann Rooke, talks about the upcoming opening of the renewed Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Deer and coyote footprints in the soft ground at the renewed Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. The footprints excited garden managers because wildlife attraction is one of their goals for the restored area. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Abel Rocha and Eric Arellano with Pacific Outdoor Living carry plants that will be placed along a water way at the renewed Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A building, which formerly was forest green and named the Bird Observation Station, has been at the renewed within the area that is to be called Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Brand new Executive Director of Descanso Gardens Juliann Rooke, talks about the upcoming opening of the renewed Lakeside Lookout at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, September 15, 2017. Formerly the Bird Observation Station, the area has been revitalized by reformatting the space to make it more pleasing for animals, birds, and people.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)