There are millions of Wild garlic or Ransoms (Allium ursinum) plants in the woods giving an impression of a soft white carpet below the trees.  Its young leaves can be eaten raw in salads, used like spinach, made into soup or pesto and the flowers can also be used in salads.  It is one of the plants which indicate that the wood is ancient.  Traditionally the bulb has been used in medicine and has been proved to help with many ailments and diseases today and until the discovery of penicillin, garlic was commonly used as an antibiotic at home.
Garlic was so highly regarded that Egyptian slaves were given a daily ration as it was believed to ward off illness and to increase strength and endurance. When they threatened to finish building the pyramids they were given more garlic and it was recorded that a healthy male slaves could be bought with fifteen pounds of garlic.  Greek athletes and soldiers would take huge amounts of garlic before competing or battles.
According to European folklore garlic was carried or hung in windows or rubbed on chimneys or keyholes to ward off devils, werewolves, and vampires.  So presumably with the vast numbers of wild garlic plants locally there are no evil creatures around in the woods!