About the Groundsmasters team

Groundsmasters was founded in 1992 by Brink Biechlin, a registered landscape architect. It wasn't long before the business grew enough to add his brother, Michael, and offer a full range of landscape services - including design, construction and maintenance.

We serve a wide range of clients throughout Central Texas, with our primary focus on residential landscape projects. Working as a team with masons, irrigators, pool and deck builders, we strive to create distinctive outdoor environments that fit both the site and your budget. We're also proud to be members in good standing of the Better Business Bureau.

BRINK BIECHLIN
President
Born and raised in San Antonio, TX, Brink settled in Austin in 1984 after graduating from Texas A&M University. He holds a bachelors of Science in Landscape Architecture with honors. He is a registered landscape architect (#1371) and a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Brink established Groundsmasters in 1992 following four years with a local landscpe architecture and land planning firm and three years a general manager of a landscape maintenance and construction company. The experience and contacts picked up during those times helped create a thriving business, allowing Groundsmasters to continue to grow and remain one of the top design/build landscape companies in Central Texas.

MICHAEL BIECHLIN
Manager and Co-owner
Michael was born and grew up in San Antonio, Texas with his brother, Brink, and older brother, Rusty. Michael and his wife, Cary, settled in Austin in 1973. Michael graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelors and later a Masters of Fine Arts degree. Michael was self-employed as a potter for 15 years. During this time, Michael made functional porcelain and stoneware pottery and also makes decorative ware using a fast fire technique called raku. In 1995, Michael was asked by Brink to join him in the management of Groundsmasters. Since that time, Brink and Michael have worked together to provide customers in the Central Texas area with quality landscape design and installation. Michael continues to make pottery and is currently working on large scale pieces for the garden.