[catmunn]

Thank for the response-
I guess I'm confused as to where the garden designer falls into the picture. Also-is a garden designer necessarily a landscape designer? Landscaper implies moving earth to create an functionality and beauty in the garden-the garden designer label implies greater familiarity w/ plants and the ecosystem and how it will interact with the functional 'scaping' part.
If I offer garden design(design process-site analysis, drawn plans, etc), installation, and maintenance-am I spreading myself too thin? If my stonescaping person messes up-I would like him to have his own way, and an independent company, of dealing with the customer regarding the problem-but this problem would probably be mine to deal with. Would I now hold my sub-contractor legally responsible to me, or to the customer? Am I a general contractor if I offer too mant services?

Sorry that I have so many questions.