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For the majority of B 4 Biodiversity's life, founder, Andrea Ku, has been an artist in disguise as a beekeeper, gardener and teacher working within the environmental sector. It is only during the 2020 Covid pandemic when her work had to change that it's been made clear the type of artistic role she has found herself in.

During this time, she has identified her creative practice as more of a facilitator role based on communication and delivery. This has been evidenced in the style and communication in teaching delivery both in the classroom and, more recently, online. 

Making up bespoke resources as activty packs for over 50 families in Merseyside has been the practice basis for most of 2020. This propagation of her skills and experience shows through from the photographs, art work and creations that have shown online in this everlasting body of work carried on by others.
Cress growing starter kit
House plant starter kit 'How to'
Propagations ready for adoption
Nasturtium home grow kit
Wildflower seed bomb 'How To'
Species of UK bee colouring in activity
Home grown, home cooked
Sunflower colouring in
Grow your own packs from Ford Lane Community Garden
Roll your own beeswax candle kit
Young participant rolling a candle
Finished product!
Grow your own, eat your own
Grow your own pollinator friendly kit
Grow your own salad kit
Participants indoor growing space, early spring
Participants window ledge, mid spring
Participants indoor garden
Hirameki activity
Colour answers for bees
Home growing kit
Home growing kit
Home growing kit
Participants back garden
Hirameki by young participant
Hirameki by young participant
Hirameki by young participant
Hirameki by young participant
Preparing the house plants ready for give away kits
Bee flower hirameki
Previous and key work included her 2012 MA thesis, New Habits for New Habitats, a study on the value of urban gardens in Toxteth, L8 while developing a community garden with local people. The thesis has since been used as a community document for local people to learn about their environment and how to make small changes to their habits to create a healthy balance for both themselves and nature.

Images taken from the thesis include concept sketches, adapted maps, illustrations and infographs.

This piece of research was part of the Landscape Architecture course at Leeds University (now Leeds Beckett).
​A PDF copy of the study can be available upon request.
Apple tree map, 2011
Universally Hitched, 2012
Cover to thesis, 2012
Cityscape to Gardenscape, 2010
Top down approaches don't work, 2010
Connectivity, 2012
Layering historic landscapes, 2011
Linking green spaces, 2011

Andrea Ku with staff from Formby Library on the Beehives and Bookworms project, 2018.
Images by Joel Goodman (left) and Lancashire Life photographers (middle-right)
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