Our front lawn is 2 Burning Bushes, a large pine (once a X-mas tree I think), a wildflower colony of Downy Skullcap, some daylilies and for the ground cover - Ivy..., and a line of low evergreens next to the front sidewalk. No grass. May get mowed once a year (to reduce potential mosquito populations).
I failed to mention several kind of deep holes, complements of Plato.