Kata Kress Wallace is a Regional Product Manager for Walters Gardens Inc. in Zeeland, MI. Based in North Carolina, Kress Wallace oversees sales in the southeastern states of Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. She has been tied to the nursery industry. Her father owns Sarastro Stauden in Austria, a nursery specializing in unique and rare plants. The well-known Sedum ‘Angelina’ was selected by her father. Kress Wallace earned a master’s degree in Geography and Spanish from the University Vienna and moved to the United States immediately afterwards to intern at Plant Delights Nursery with Tony Avent. She worked for Hoffman Nursery as their Garden Coordinator and was later promoted to Production Supervisor. While there, she oversaw production of millions of grass liners and managed an international crew. In 2019 she received the Young Professional Award from the Perennial Plant Association and was named to the Greenhouse Product News 40 Under 40 Class of 2020.