The clerk
Hey — I’m MonkeyMike, and this is my stand.
Banana Stand started as a folding table at the end of a driveway with too many basil starts and a crate of candles poured into cut wine bottles. It got a roof, then wheels, then a schedule.
Today it’s a full pop-up shop that travels to festivals and markets all season. Same table, same hands. I grow it, make it, load it, drive it, and hand it to you myself.
The name is a joke that stuck. The work behind it isn’t: everything on the table is made in small batches from salvaged materials or plants I raised, and I can tell you the story of every single piece.
Nothing new if something old will do
Materials come from bottle bins, torn-down decks, fabric offcuts and thrift shelves before they come from a supplier.
Grown before bought
If it can come out of our beds, it does. What we can't grow we source from neighbors within a day's drive.
Sold face to face
The stand exists so you can ask questions, smell the salve, and hear the honest answer about what's in it.
How it’s made
Gardening, salvage, small-batch crafting, and a stand on wheels.
Salvaging
Bottle glass, wood and fabric offcuts are collected and reworked in the workshop into goods built to outlive the trend cycle.
Growing
Basil, mint, sage, lemon balm and lavender are raised a few steps from the stand — for living starts, teas and oil infusions.
Pouring & crafting
Small runs of candles, salves and planters made in the kitchen or workshop. No filler, no mystery list.
Vending
The stand rolls into festival fields, farmers markets, street fairs, shop takeovers and private events all summer long.
Mission
Roll into festivals and markets with handmade upcycled goods, home-grown herbs and natural plant-based care — transparent, small-batch slow goods handed straight to the people who use them.
Vision
To show that a hyper-local micro-brand can thrive on self-reliance, botanical cultivation and material reclamation — one pair of hands, a garden, a pile of salvage, and a stand that shows up where the people are.