Hello people, has anybody successfully turned a nondescript front yard with a failing lawn into a beautiful no-grass garden of shrubs and perennials? My yard is zone five full sun, no irrigation. I’m hoping to avoid too much hardscaping so I can do most of it myself. I would love to see any photos for inspiration. Thanks!

Close to just having a contractor pave all 2400 square feet. Flowers and vegetables can be grown in pots, and that is 100x easier than maintaining a massive expanse of grass and weeds...

My front yard (45x55) is a mixture of grass and various weeds. Clay soil. Zone 7a.

I absolutely detest weekly mowing, maintaining lawnmower and trimmer, have no interest in giving grass "nutrients" and the good stuff to make it nice looking, refuse to pull weeds, want nothing to do with it.

I want to replace the entire front yard all at once, 2400 square feet, with creeping thyme or some other kind of groundcover that will not require me to mow, pick out weeds, or water more than once a week. I seek advice from the landscaping gods here on how to proceed on this goal. Will creeping thyme work? Do you have a better suggestion? I want something that requires very little time and effort to keep alive, something that can out compete weeds.