I got rid of my very small front yard grass this year. Instead: some natural tall decorative grasses under the downspouts, but also some Dutch tulips, hyacinth, peony, daffodil. Cottage garden style. I got some good comments from the neighbors. And I don’t have to mow one freaking pass around the front of the house 😂 I ran drip irrigation to get it started and put down cardboard and mulch. I haven’t had any of the former grass try and poke up, thankfully. I’ve heard the best thing to do is just fill it with plants you want, so that plants you don’t want don’t have room to grow. Some of the tulips I got were bigger than my head!