CP Photo: Jared Wickerham Items for sale inside Tal and Bert in Dormont Having green space in your home is a great way to improve one’s mental health year-round, especially in a city like Pittsburgh where gray skies can hit extra hard. And when filling your home with wares from local Black-owned business Tal & Bert, the planters can do just as much boosting to your spirits as the plants themselves. The idea for Tal & Bert came to owners, Val and Ray Talbert, in late 2019. By February 2020, the wife-and-husband team had launched their storefront in Dormont after taking months to perfect their signature design of stunning crystal planters for succulents and other small plants. Despite launching only a matter of weeks before the pandemic hit, the Talberts have already seen monumental success, including amassing over 36,000 Insta