Eastward

2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Again, this chapter uses "LORD God"; point to Rashomon.  Also, the last chapter talks of plants, but not a garden.

God plants a garden.  This God is a farmer.  It doesn't say "God made the earth grow a garden", or "God waved his hand and a garden appeared".  It says "planted", like God one by one stuck seeds into the mud.

"Eastward" is interesting.  In some ways it's very specific.  But, east of where man was created?  East of where the storyteller is?

"Formed" is a reference to the mud-sculpting from the last verse.

"Put" is interesting.  It's very vague.  Did God stick the man in a wheelbarrow and move him?