If you look past the dock you can see the easily maintained edge between the lawn and the stone border. The stone is lower than the mower deck height allowing me to mow over the line. A couple of spot treatments of herbicide are visible at stone/lawn trasition, spot treatments are done twice per year. The greenery at the water's edge is water hyacinth that was planted as an annual in an attempt to take up excess nutrients and form some shade. The hyacinth hasn't been noticably effective. It is a very invasive plant in warmer climates but hasn't performed well in Ohio and it is unlikely I will plant it again.
