Introduction to Preservation Techniques: Jams and Jellies, Learn how to make a batch of jam/jelly using the water bath canning method, Scarborough High School, $10. 730-5040. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Listening Event, public opportunity to offer ideas and suggestions for the gardens; a pair of passes to the gardens will be given to participants; reservations requested, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. 633-4333, Ext. 101. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Architalx, speaker series focusing on architecture and design issues; seating limited, doors open at 5:30 p.m., Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $10, ($8 online only). www.architalx.org. Andrew Freear, Alabama, 6 p.m. Thursday.

Manchester Lions Home & Garden Show, Augusta Civic Center, $7. 622-5330. www.lionshomeandgardenshow.org. 4 to 8 p.m. Friday; with special guest Kevin O’Connor, host of “This Old House,” 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 10.

Portland Home Show, annual show with industry vendors and exhibitors and seminars. Admission is $7, free for children age 12 and younger with an adult, Portland Exposition Building. (800) 237-6024. www.homeshows.com. 1 to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 10.

Food Preservation Techniques, hot water bath canning and freezing, Westbrook High School, $30. 854-0826. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Growing Fruit in the Home Garden, learning tour of a small farm and fruit orchard with Howard and Ann Stevens, UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, Foxes Ridge Farm, Acton, $5. 324-2814. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.