Mpando wa shawa ukhoza kugawidwa m'mitundu yosiyanasiyana malinga ndi malo a shawa, wogwiritsa ntchito, ndi zomwe wogwiritsa ntchito amakonda. M'nkhaniyi, tilemba mitundu yopangidwira okalamba malinga ndi kuchuluka kwa chilema.
Choyamba ndi mpando wa shawa wamba wokhala ndi chopumira kumbuyo kapena chosapumira kumbuyo chomwe chimakhala ndi nsonga zoletsa kutsetsereka komanso ntchito yosinthika kutalika yomwe ndi yoyenera okalamba omwe amatha kudzuka ndikukhala okha. Mipando ya shawa yokhala ndi zopumira kumbuyo imatha kuthandizira thupi la okalamba, idapangidwira okalamba omwe ali ndi vuto la kupirira minofu ndipo amavutika kugwira thupi kwa nthawi yayitali, koma amatha kudzuka ndikukhala okha. Kupatula apo, ndi yoyeneranso amayi apakati omwe amafunika kuthandizira thupi lawo.