<ListBox DataContext="{StaticResource customers}"
         ItemsSource="{Binding}">

ItemsSource="{Binding Path=TheImages, Source={StaticResource ImageFactoryDS}}"

<StackPanel DataContext="{StaticResource Data}">
    <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Customers}"/>
    <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Orders}"/>
</StackPanel>

<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource customers}}"/>

Class Root
{
   public string Name;
   public List<ChildRoot> childRoots = new List<ChildRoot>();
}

Class ChildRoot
{
   public string childName;
}

Root r = new Root()
    r.Name = "ROOT1";

    ChildRoot c1 = new ChildRoot()
    c1.childName = "Child1";
    r.childRoots.Add(c1);

    c1 = new ChildRoot()
    c1.childName = "Child2";
    r.childRoots.Add(c1);

    c1 = new ChildRoot()
    c1.childName = "Child3";
    r.childRoots.Add(c1);

treeView.DataContext = r;

<TreeViewItem ItemsSource="{Binding Path=childRoots}" Header="{Binding Path=Name}">
<HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:Root}" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=childRoots}">

List<Root> lstRoots = new List<Root>();
lstRoots.Add(r);

<HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:Root}" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=childRoots}">