Low Maintenance Gardening

Good morning! I'm looking to incorporate a low maintenance garden for my parents who have a huge yard, and are having trouble keeping up with mowing. Do you have any good resources on how to get started, how to manage for weeds, what the process might look like? Maybe some type of DIY manual if that exists? Thank you so much for all the great work you do! I have a great respect for Extension staff and their incredible projects. Alysa