If you live in the land of Fred Meyer stores (in Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, or Washington), make a note on your calendar to attend their Fuchsia Saturday event — now confirmed for April 12, 2025 — because there's up to $32 in free potting soil up for grabs.
During this event, shoppers who make any plant purchase at Fred Meyer will get free potting soil while supplies last. And you're even allowed to bring your own empty planters (they'll allow up to six 12-inch containers in 2025) to take home free Black Gold potting soil.
This freebie draws heavy crowds, and soil supplies tend to run out early (often by 9:30 a.m.), so you'll want to get there first thing. Need more plants and outdoor items? Check out the Home Depot Spring Sale or Lowe's SpringFest.
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Fred Meyer Fuchsia Saturday is an annual event where you get free potting soil with any plant purchase.
The Fuchsia Saturday planting event has taken place on a Saturday morning in April pretty much every year since 1991. During this in-store-only event, shoppers get free potting soil with any plant purchase at Fred Meyer stores. The event almost always ends early because they run out of free soil.
Why is it called Fuchsia Saturday?
Even though the event is called Fuchsia Saturday and named for the fuchsia plant — a perennial with bright, tube-shaped flowers — you don’t have to buy a fuchsia during the event to get your free soil.
The next Fred Meyer Fuchsia Saturday will be April 12, 2025.
As confirmed on in-store signage spotted by KCL deal hunters on March 12, Fred Meyer will host their next Fuchsia Saturday event on April 12, 2025. The event starts at 7 a.m. local time, which is the store's usual start time.
Purchase any plant during the event, and employees will fill up your planter(s) with free potting soil.
Purchase any plant (you’ll show your receipt as proof), and Fred Meyer will supply you with free Black Gold All Purpose Potting Soil. Yep, 100% free. But it's not a free bag of potting soil. Instead, you’ll bring your own pots or planters from home, and they’ll fill them up for you with soil on the spot.
According to the in-store signs posted for the April 2025 event, each shopper can bring up to six of their own planters, and each planter or pot can measure up to 12 inches across.
Last year, you could bring up to eight 12" planters, but the price of soil was a bit less, so the value of the freebie was only around $20 in 2024, according to our calculations.
Buy a plant under $2 to get the most bang for your buck.
Since the free potting soil comes with proof of any plant purchase on Fuchsia Saturday, why spend more than you have to? Typically, the fuchsia plants are the cheapest option at just a little more than a dollar, so try to pick up one of those to secure the freebie for the least money out of pocket.
In 2024, they sold fuchsia starts (aka baby plants) in a 3-inch pot for as low as $1.19 with your Fred Meyer Reward card, and we expect similar pricing this year.
You must buy a plant from the outdoor garden center to qualify for the freebie.
Just keep in mind that this freebie deal only works for live plants in the outdoor garden center. Seeds, indoor plants, or cut flowers that you purchase inside the store won't qualify you for the free soil.
Bring six of your own 12" planters and get up to $32 worth of free soil.
To really maximize this freebie, bring six of your own 12-inch pots or planters from home (that’s the limit they allow in 2025).
Filling up all six of your 12-inch pots will take about 64.2 total quarts of soil, based on some math I did with this handy Bonnie soil calculator.
Since Black Gold Potting Soil sells for about $0.50 per quart at Fred Meyer in March 2025, that means you can get up to $32 worth of potting soil for free.
KCL TIP: Ask the employees if they can fill your pots or planters all the way to the top, as the soil will settle a little over time. Some locations may even offer to do the planting for you, if staffing allows.
You'll want to get to the store early for your free potting soil.
The event starts at 7 a.m. local time, but it's typically really busy. Soil supplies often run out early (sometimes even by 9:30 a.m.), so you'll want to get there first thing. Set your alarm!
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