This is an urban parkway in a residential neighborhood in Chicago. The plantings are native, except the Clematis and the tulips.
There are several boulders that make great seats on a hot summer evening.
Weeding a couple times a year is all this type of landscape needs, as long as the Norway Maples are trimmed to allow some sun to filter in. This parkway is south facing, so it gets some sun.
Re-Ecology Land Design 