Rimbun Dahan

30/04/2026

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬

A visit to Rimbun Dahan organised by Malaysian Nature Society, with special discounts for MNS members.

What’s included:

🌿 Guided Arboretum Walk with Angela & Bilqis Hijjas, Yao Tze Leong, and Lim Koon Hup — explore rainforest trees and dragonfly/damselfly habitats
🐞 Talk & field visit on dragonflies and damselflies by entomologist Dr Choong Chee Yen
🎨 Creative arts activity
🍽️ 3-course halal Western lunch

8:45am to 1:30pm
Sunday 24 May 2026
RM65 (public), RM50 (MNS members)

More info and to register: https://member.mns.my/dl/d8fc49/s/a37464/r/rInB3RtqANMX6mEF1cuE

27/04/2026

Are you a mid-career Malaysian nature conservationist? Want to win RM40K? Applications for the Biji Alam Awards close on 4 May — you have one week left!

Closing soon - Biji Alam Awards 2026. 🪸🌴🐝🐍🐠

❗️One week left to apply❗

Last calls for this year's Biji Alam award for Outstanding Malaysian Nature Conservationists. Two prizes of RM 40,000 each await dedicated individuals protecting Malaysia’s flora, fauna and marine life.

📅 Application Period: March 9 – May 4, 2026
🌱 If you’re a mid career conservationist working to safeguard Malaysia’s biodiversity, we encourage you to apply.

We’re also accepting donations throughout the competition to help grow the prize fund and further support our conservation heroes. Every contribution makes a difference!

Apply or donate now: www.bijialamawards.org

10/04/2026

We have four adorable foster kittens at Rimbun Dahan, ready to go to their forever home!

Come and grab them while they're still tiny and cute ;-)
Dewormed, deflea-ed, eating proper food, and going to the toilet neatly in their litter boxes.

Adopt just one, or maybe more than one?

Free to a good home. Please WhatsApp 017-310 3769 for inquiries or to arrange a visit.

En garde! These four active healthy kittens are waiting for their next adventure. Will it be in YOUR home? 😻😻😻😻 I rescued these kittens at the end of March. They had been abandoned at a r..

30/03/2026

Rimbun Dahan is part of KL Festival 2026!

Join us for "Secret Trees of KL" — guided walks through the Chinatown area, celebrating the leafy survivors and exploring how trees intertwine with the history of our capital city.

Free Tree Society Kuala Lumpur will provide free native tree saplings and shrubs for all participants!

Book your slot, on 7, 8, 28 or 30 May:

Discover the secrets of native and urban trees on a morning walk through Chinatown — and grab your own free tree at the end!

10/03/2026

Two awards of RM40,000 each are available from the Biji Alam Awards, for mid-career conservationists working to safeguard Malaysia’s wildlife. Apply by 4 May 2026.

Biji Alam Awards is a homegrown funding initiative by the Biji Alam Conservation Society, dedicated to honoring and supporting mid-career conservationists across Malaysia. Our mission is to recognize the significant contributions of these dedicated individuals and to foster local support for the ess...

26/02/2026

Bilqis Hijjas will be giving a very short talk on Rimbun Dahan's experience at the RUGS Roots & Routes Knowledge Fair this Saturday, with a focus on rewilding and national identity in landscaping.

25/02/2026

Last chance for Singapore-based artists to apply for The Substation residency at Rimbun Dahan, mentored by Mark Teh: applications close this Friday 27 Feb!

Performance maker, curator, researcher - and regional advisor to The Substation - Mark Teh is our guest mentor for Sub+ Residencies x Rimbun Dahan in Malaysia.

As a creative practitioner, Mark's work is situated primarily in performance, but also operates via exhibitions, education, social interventions, writing, and curating. His diverse collaborations take on documentary, speculative and generative forms, and address issues and entanglements of history, memory, counter-cartography and the political. Based in Malaysia, he is a member of Five Arts Centre (est. 1984), a collective of artists, activists, and producers committed to generating alternative art forms and images in the contemporary arts.

Singapore-based professional artists are invited to apply for the residency Open Call—closing this Friday 27 February 2026, 11.59pm. Details & application form www.substation.org/subplus-residencies (link in bio).

05/02/2026

Slightly unusual shots of a Blue Nawab (Polyura schreiber) nectar feeding, as they are normally pictured puddling.

I knew we had this species on site because I had found scraps of wing beneath the feeding spots of bee-eaters and falconets. But this is my first time seeing live ones! And luckily I was on the 2nd storey when I spotted them, as usually they are hard to see, being canopy flyers.

With little friends, all enjoying the flowers of Syzygium grande: Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete), large wasps and some kind of beetle.

Rimbun Dahan, Mukim Kuang, Selangor.
February 2026.

02/02/2026

The very finest boy! 💯🦎🏆

I challenge you to find a better-looking Many-Lined Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata) than this very handsome male in his most spectacular breeding colours.

Come catch a glimpse of him on the garden tour, Saturday 7 February, 9am to 11:30am. Entry is free, registration required. For more info, and registration: https://forms.gle/Lv81KpxDmj2Lgohp7
[UPDATE 5/2: Garden tour is full, registration is closed.]

01/02/2026

Magic on the forest floor 🍄🍂✨

As soon as we have a big storm at Rimbun Dahan, fungus erupts from the leaf litter.

If you're a fungi fiend and you recognise any of these colourful beauties from the last few months, please share their names!

Come spot some during the garden tour on Saturday 7 February, 9-11:30am. More info and free registration: https://forms.gle/Lv81KpxDmj2Lgohp7
[UPDATE 5/2: Garden tour is full, registration is closed.]

01/02/2026

// OPEN CALL // Calling Singapore-based professional artists!

SUB+ RESIDENCIES x RIMBUN DAHAN
Application Deadline: 27 February 2026
Residency Period: 13 - 26 April 2026
Duration: 2 weeks

The Substation, in partnership with Rimbun Dahan (Malaysia), invites applications for a 14-day arts residency at Rimbun Dahan in Selangor, Malaysia. This residency is conceived as a space for recalibration — from production cycles, visibility demands, and institutional urgency — to support artistic practices and research that require time, attentiveness, and reorientation. In a cultural landscape increasingly shaped by outputs, timelines, and instrumental outcomes, this residency affirms the value of slowness, uncertainty, and practice without audience.

AN ECOLOGICAL IMMERSION FOR ARTISTS SEEKING SLOWNESS IN NATURE & WILDLIFE

Located on the ecologically rich urban fringe outside Kuala Lumpur, Rimbun Dahan offers artists time and space to think, work, and live differently. A renowned arts residency and cultural site, Rimbun Dahan stretches across a 14-acre compound in tranquil Kuang town. It is located within a Malay reserve area and characterised by heritage architecture, native gardens, wildlife, and a slower pace of daily life.

As guests of Rimbun Dahan, which is also home to pioneer Malaysian architect Hijjas Kasturi, artists are expected to adapt to the climate, environment, and cultural context with care and respect. The living and working conditions are intentionally close to nature: Spaces are fan-cooled or naturally ventilated, not air-conditioned; internet access is limited to shared office areas; and artists live in the natural habitat of the surrounding community.

TO APPLY
Read more on what the programme offers, eligibility, and application requirements at www.substation.org/sub-residencies-x-rimbun-dahan.