Animals reared on the farm include Toggenburg and Anglo-Nubian goats, Oxford Down sheep, Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, ducks, geese, chickens, ferrets, rabbits, Guinea pigs, donkeys, a miniature Shetland pony and bees.

The farm was first established in 1975 on a 1.5-acre (6,100 m2) site of derelict dockland between the entrance to Greenland Dock and the River Thames on Rotherhithe Street by Hilary Peters.

During the working lifetime of the docks South Wharf formed part of the largest shipyard on the Rotherhithe peninsula.

[9] On 14th September 2018, eleven two-week-old Oxford Sandy & Black piglets were stolen from the farm but were unable to be located, raising concerns that the animals were likely to die without feeding from their mothers.

[10][11] Following the incident, the farm began fundraising to upgrade its security systems in order to prevent further thefts and managed to raise nearly £1000 in donations from locals.

[12] In 2019, with funding allocated by Southwark Council, the farm started work on its Riverfront Development plan to transform the site's unused and abandoned spaces into a new range of community facilities.