Since I last blogged about Beng, our night guard/gardener, he has taken his work to a whole new level.

Discarded containers of every ilk still find themselves packed with dirt and clippings, but Beng has a new medium, as well: bamboo. He cuts the bamboo in half lengthwise, creating a natural shallow planter. With a jigsaw, he swirls out ornate finials to accent each end, and then fills the bamboo with flowering plants. For awhile it seemed there was something new and magical in our garden every day!

That’s why I like to think of him as our gARTener. Here are a few recent photos.